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  • ‘Fair and Lovely babua’: Mahua Moitra takes swipe at ‘Singham’ IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma

    KOLKATA: A political bubble burst during the West Bengal polls after Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra shared archived videos purportedly showing a man dancing at a nightclub.Moitra shared a couple of videos on X showing a man grooving to ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Violence, vandalism reported during early hours of voting

    KOLKATA: Incidents of violence and vandalism were reported from parts of West Bengal in the early hours of voting in the second phase of the assembly elections on Wednesday, police said. According to news agency PTI, the incidents were ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Kol, 6 districts go to vote with 2.3 lakh central boots, 38,000 more state cops on ground

    Kolkata: Over 2.3 lakh CAPF, 38,297 Bengal police personnel, 142 general observers, 95 police observers and 100 expenditure observers, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have thrown an unprecedented security blanket in seven poll-bound districts, including Kolkata, ahead of ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC MP’s video on UP ‘encounter specialist’ spices up ‘Singham’-‘Pushpa’ war hrs before polls

    Kolkata: A ‘Singham' versus ‘Pushpa' rivalry played out at Falta, around 40km from Kolkata, on Tuesday.On Monday, IPS officer and DIG Ajay Pal Sharma — an ‘encounter specialist' popularly known as ‘Singham' on his home turf in UP, visited ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    No unnecessary drama near booth: TMC deputes cool heads

    Kolkata: Banking on discipline over confrontation, Trinamool has put in place a tightly managed booth strategy ahead of Wednesday's polling, relying on seasoned hands as polling agents while directing party workers to maximise turnout without triggering flashpoints.Through a series ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    IIT boy hangs self, family gets death news in scheduled msg

    Kolkata/Kharagpur: "I am dying, my body will be in the room. I've left the security number. Call them to take my body from the room." A fourth-year IIT Kharagpur engineering student's chilling message to his family, informing them of ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    In Singur, agri roots & job dreams divide generations

    Singur: As the morning mist settles over lush green patches of Hooghly, the rhythmic sound of tillers in Singur is punctuated by the loud, competing echoes of campaign microphones. As this historic semi-rural constituency — once at the centre ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Out of fear shadow, Sandeshkhali hopes to vote in peace

    Sandeshkhali: During the June 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Sandeshkhali dominated political discourse and grabbed national attention. The riverine island emerged as a major political flashpoint, with BJP seeking to turn the tide against Trinamool by riding on protests over ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Tollywood plans to make insurance must for films

    Kolkata: Mandatory insurance for all Bengali films and a model code of conduct for shooting units are set to be key measures of Tollywood's proposed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), following the death of actor Rahul Banerjee during a serial ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘Preventive detentions, arrests only if essential’

    Kolkata: Reminding the Election Commission of a citizen's fundamental right to liberty, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked it not to resort to preventive detention and arrests unless essential and only when done legally.Disposing of a writ petition ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Thundershower relief likely on poll day: Met

    Kolkata: The city is likely to get intensified thunderstorm activities on Wednesday, the day of the polls. The IMD has issued an orange alert for Kolkata, where the showers are expected to be accompanied by lightning and gusty wind. ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Cab driver held for abducting woman

    Kolkata: A 35-year-old woman, the wife of a senior advocate, was allegedly abducted and criminally intimidated by an app cabby on Sunday. The woman was reportedly driven off and her husband left behind at a central Kolkata bus stand, ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    4 sniffer dogs on duty after Gwalior stint

    Kolkata: As the city votes on Wednesday, the Kolkata Police Dog Squad has already deployed its newest members — Ina, Tina, Snoopy and Moon — to secure the city's high-stakes political landscape. The four labradors, recently designated as "explosive ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Burdwan homes go without help as maid gets BJP ticket

    Guskara: For the family members of Platilal Patra, 37-year-old Kalita Majhi is not merely a house help who has been working in their home for over two decades. "She is like our daughter, and she addresses me as Baba," ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Doctor flies in from Paris to vote

    Kolkata: A physician who lives in Paris but visits Kolkata with his family at least once a year, has flown down to vote on Wednesday. A firm believer in the paradox ‘change is the only constant', he voted for ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Repeat tragedy: On poll booth job but cannot vote

    Kolkata: As the sun beat down, Munsi Rezaul Karim boarded a Khanakul-bound bus on Tuesday, armed with an appointment letter from EC, assigning him to Booth 140A at Basantapur Prathamik Vidyalaya as the third polling officer.What would have been ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    What was our crime, why can’t we vote, ask Indians deleted by SIR

    Kolkata: Several Indian citizens living in the city for generations had knocked on the door of the tribunal appellate authority when the SIR, conducted by the Election Commission, struck their names off the electoral roll. A judicial scrutiny later, ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    In red-light areas, 1,360 pushed out of poll roll

    Kolkata: Of 4,200 residents of Sonagachhi, Asia's largest red-light district, 1,300 were deleted from the poll roll, bolstering the argument that a large number of socially and economically deprived women failed to make the SIR cut.During judicial adjudication, cases ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    55 Missionaries of Charity nuns get back voting right

    Kolkata: Nearly 55 nuns in the Missionaries of Charity (MC), an order formed by Saint Teresa of Calcutta and headquartered in Kolkata, have been included in the supplementary list published on Tuesday after the tribunal cleared their cases. The ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Bigger responsibility now: Cleared voters

    Kolkata: Lucky electors, whose appeals for restoration of their voting rights were cleared by the tribunals, felt they had a "much bigger responsibility" now as they could finally be able to vote despite the initial hurdles. In the previous ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    100-metre radius rule closes down eateries, city counts losses

    Kolkata: After liquor, Election Commission has asked eateries that are within 100 metres of polling booth to stay closed. However, the 100-metre rule would vary from constituency to constituency. This has resulted in closure of more than 400 prominent ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Housing complexes in & around Kolkata get ready to host vote

    Kolkata: Central forces moved into residential complexes across the city on the eve of polling, taking charge of booths set up inside community halls — part of a first-time experiment that will see 57 gated complexes hosting polling stations ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    CAPF visits Firhad house at midnight

    Kolkata: Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) jawans led by a commandant knocked on the doors of Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim well past Monday midnight to have an interaction with him relating to the second-phase poll scheduled on Wednesday. The ...

    29 April 2026 Times of India
    Shut down your brain and shoot from the heart: Remembering Raghu Rai

    A different India emerged through Raghu Rai’s eyes – one veiled in morning mist, rising from heat and dust, flowing with rivers, dancing toward immersion. So it was with the people he photographed. His camera became an invisible presence ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Met spies rain, gusty wind tomorrow

    Kolkata: The city's weather is expected to be less harsh on Wednesday when the city goes to the polls. The daytime mercury is likely to stay significantly below the normal mark. The weather office has issued a rain alert ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    ‘TMC has destroyed Bengal’: Kiren Rijiju claims ‘strong wave’ for BJP in state; vows to revive growth amid assembly polls

    KOLKATA: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said there is a strong wave in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, adding that the party wants the state to once again become a growth engine ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    NIA nabs one in last month’s Bhangar bomb blast case

    Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested one of the prime accused in the Bhangar bomb blast case, in which one person was killed and three others were seriously injured in March this year. He has been ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Missing husband prime suspect in Garia murder

    Kolkata: While the probe is still ongoing in the Garia murder case, investigators have stated that they are almost certain that it was a murder, and the prime suspect is the victim's husband, Soumik Das. A 40-year-old woman, Enakshi ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    SFI wins Arts faculty seats, DSF Engg in JU ICC elections

    Kolkata: Jadavpur University held Internal Complaints Committee elections to choose undergraduate and postgraduate student representatives from the Arts, Science and Engineering faculties. In the Arts faculty, SFI won both seats, securing 850 votes in the UG category and 641 ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek returns Modi fire in Matua heartland

    Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee finished his election campaign at Nadia's Haringhata on Saturday attacking BJP and claiming how the saffron party had "humiliated and deprived" Matuas by promising them citizenship and jobs.Hitting out at BJP netas ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Shah: Vote without fear, Bengal won’t see post-result violence

    Kolkata: There will not be any violence in Bengal on polling day or even after the election results are out, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday.Saying that central forces will be stationed in the state for 60 ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    UCO Bank sees 22.6% net profit jump

    Kolkata: UCO Bank reported a 22.6% rise in net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, at Rs 801 crore, up from Rs 653 crore a year earlier. The city-based lender said its cost of funds improved 31 ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Mcleod Russell to sell 3 tea estates to repay part of debt

    Kolkata: McLeod Russel India, one of the country's largest bulk tea producers, is selling three tea estates — Nya Gogra, Rupajuli and Boroi — to repay part of its debt. The total proceeds are expected to be around Rs ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata March home registrations 2nd highest since 2022

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) recorded 5,075 residential property registrations in March 2026, a 10% year-on-year decline from 5,609 units in March 2025, according to Knight Frank India.The dip was largely attributed to a high base effect, as ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: Will return after May 4 to attend oath ceremony, says PM Narendra Modi

    KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was "confident" of a "historic change" in Bengal after the elections and that he would be back in the state to attend the swearing-in of a BJP govt."I sensed the ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Samik: If any BJP neta was indecent, am sorry

    Kolkata: Apologising for any personal attack or lack of decency by a BJP neta, the party's state president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday: "If anyone was hurt by any BJP neta's words during the campaign, I apologise to him. ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Cop campaigns against Didi on FB, suspended

    Kolkata: In a move to ensure neutral administrative conduct during the second phase of the Bengal assembly elections, Lalbazar has suspended a veteran Kolkata Police constable for political expression and sharing content on social media that can disturb communal ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Before V-Day, all eyes on Didi turf as Bhowanipore hosts Royal Bengal Battle

    Kolkata: Bhowanipore has become the most symbolically charged constituency in Bengal's 2026 election, not only because it pits CM Mamata Banerjee against Suvendu Adhikari, but because it condenses the state's wider tensions over identity, class, community, governance and momentum ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    MHA extends Bengal DGP’s tenure by six months

    Kolkata: The Union home ministry has extended the tenure of Bengal DGP Siddh Nath Gupta by six months, just two days before the second phase of Assembly elections. Gupta, who was scheduled to retire on April 30, will now ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Development pitch vs civic anger: Hwh looks for answers

    Howrah: As BJP prepares to try and dent one of the Trinamool Congress citadels in south Bengal, Howrah is all set to witness a poll battle between a set of hopefuls from the saffron brigade who have consistently increased ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    In Maniktala, veteran takes on late colleague’s daughter

    Kolkata: The Maniktala constituency is set to witness a neck-and-neck contest between veteran politician and five-time MLA Tapas Roy for BJP and first-timer Shrreya Pande, the Trinamool candidate. Though they once shared a family connection — Roy once had ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Over 1,000 held as part of poll security beef-up

    Kolkata: In a major pre-election crackdown to maintain law and order, the state police has arrested 1,543 alleged troublemakers over the past 36 hours. The intensified combing operations and naka checks, carried out from Sunday afternoon till Monday morning, ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    In battle of two Dum Dums, education & finance ministers bat on different pitches

    Kolkata: Two ministers in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet are fighting contrasting political battles in two adjoining constituencies—Dum Dum and Dum Dum North—on the northern fringes of the city. In Dum Dum, three-time MLA and education minister Bratya Basu is ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Even after SIR, 23 of 142 seats have more woman voters

    Kolkata: The SIR slash notwithstanding, woman voters have outnumbered men in 23 out of the 142 Assembly segments going to polls on Wednesday.Topping the list is Jadavpur, which now has 11,759 more women voters than men. Panihati, where the ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    Bengali ‘asmita’ takes centre stage in seat with most statues

    Kolkata: In Beleghata assembly constituency, dotted with at least 100 statues of Bengal's icons and religious figures — from Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Vidyasagar to Swami Vivekananda — the attack on "Bengali asmita" has emerged as a ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    In Jadavpur, TMC MLA hopes to break repeat jinx

    Kolkata: No MLA has been able to win the Jadavpur seat in two consecutive rows since 2011. Getting a second term in the 2026 Assembly election will be the test for Trinamool's Debabrata Majumdar, who won the seat in ...

    28 April 2026 Times of India
    In safe Ballygunge seat, TMC battles SIR axe

    Kolkata: Upscale Ballygunge in south Kolkata, a Trinamool bastion for over 25 years, is a curious mix of cultures and people from various economic strata. Here, high-rises and affluent neighbourhoods sit alongside expansive slums. SIR deletions have somewhat wiped ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: CM Mamata Banerjee warns against EVM capture, cites 2021 Nandigram outage

    KOLKATA: Referring to the power outage while votes were being counted in Nandigram during the 2021 assembly polls, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday put her workers on alert, asking why complaints of power-cuts were pouring in from EVM strongrooms ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections: After SIR, Bhatpara, Chowringhee, Jorasanko among smallest seats

    KOLKATA: Its electoral strength down from 1.91 lakh before the SIR to 1.22 lakh, the Jorasanko assembly constituency has the fewest voters in Kolkata. Across Bengal, it comes second, after Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas, which has 1.17 lakh ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    8 live bombs found near school in poll-bound West Bengal; security tightened

    KOLKATA: Eight live bombs were found near a primary school in the Habra area on Monday, triggering panic among locals and prompting a swift security response, officials said.Police rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area after the ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    CISF jawan injured in firing outside Bengal BJP candidate’s house; stone-pelting, 'crude bombs' hurled in Bhatpara

    KOLKATA: A CISF jawan was injured in a firing incident outside BJP candidate Pawan Singh’s residence in Bhatpara, located in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, prompting the Election Commission to seek a report, officials said on Monday.The incident ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC-BJP clash rocks Bengal; 4 arrested after violence outside Jagatdal police station

    JAGATDAL: West Bengal Police on Monday arrested four people in connection with violent clashes between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters outside Jagatdal Police Station on Sunday night.The accused have been identified as Koushik Das, Sikander ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Kolkata mourns Raghu Rai, the man who tracked Bengal’s cultural giants

    KOLKATA: Raghu Rai's photography immortalized a spectrum of Bengal’s genius, most notably Satyajit Ray, whom he called Dadu, not Dada, with the admiration one reserves for a guru. His portraits of Ray, alongside those of Saint Teresa, stand at ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC brushes off Partha impact in Behala

    Kolkata: The ‘Partha-Da factor' which has been a constant for two-and-a-half decades in Behala has gone missing now. For 25 years, starting in 2001, Behala Paschim voted for Partha Chatterjee, a heavyweight state cabinet minister until his arrest in ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Wafer-thin LS margin gives BJP heart in TMC lair

    Kolkata: On the face of it, the contest appears to be a straight face-off between two heavyweight neighbours in Rashbehari — Trinamool's Debasish Kumar and BJP's Swapan Dasgupta — but that is not the case. In the 2024 LS ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    High-rises with booths: Kin, service sector employees can stay, say DEOs

    District election officials have verbally clarified to residents of housing complexes with booths that family members, helps, drivers and other service sector employees can stay within the premises to clear confusion around an order issued last week. Bengal CEO ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    2 cops transferred after TMC-BJP clash in Howrah

    Howrah: Bamungachi in Liluah turned into a battlefield on Sunday as Trinamool Congress and BJP supporters clashed, prompting the Election Commission to order the transfer of two Howrah police inspectors.The violence broke out when a Trinamool procession passed close ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal elections: As Matua belt heads to polls, BJP netas work overtime to contain deletion damage

    BONGAON: Unease around SIR and deletion of names is palpable across the Matua belt, but so is BJP's efforts to limit its impact.With SIR in Bengal leading to deletion of around 90 lakh names in the state, the Matua ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    NIA probe ordered in Bhangar crude bomb case

    Kolkata: Centre has ordered an NIA investigation in the recovery of 79 crude bombs in Bhangar on Saturday."Central govt is of the opinion that a Scheduled Offence under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, has been committed in the ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal polls: ‘Give me votes, I’ll give you freedom,’ says PM Narendra Modi in Matua belt

    KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reframed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's iconic call - "Give me blood, and I'll give you freedom" - by asking for votes in the Matua belt of Thakurnagar in return for "azadi" from ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Shah blames ‘Didi’s conspiracy’ for exclusion of Matua names

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday sharpened BJP's electoral pitch in Bengal, accusing chief minister Mamata Banerjee of orchestrating a "conspiracy" to delete the names of Matua and Namasudra voters from the electoral rolls.Addressing a rally in ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Telecallers from Varanasi lendweight to BJP efforts in Gaighata

    Bongaon: What looks like a CAA help centre at the Thakurbari premises from outside has been temporarily converted into a BJP strongroom, with young BJP workers from Varanasi calling Gaighata voters, urging them to vote for BJP candidate Subrata ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Infra, civic issues in focus in Cossipore

    Kolkata: Fending off barbs over the RG Kar incident, alleged infiltration, and his "outsider" status raised by the BJP, current MLA and deputy mayor Atin Ghosh appears confident of retaining the Cossipore-Belgachhia constituency for a second term. While Ghosh ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    In safe Ballygunge seat, TMC battles SIR axe

    Kolkata: Upscale Ballygunge in south Kolkata, a Trinamool bastion for over 25 years, is a curious mix of cultures and people from various economic strata. Here, high-rises and affluent neighbourhoods sit alongside expansive slums. SIR deletions have somewhat wiped ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Three days before polling, EC tough talk on voter intimidation

    Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday warned Kolkata and state police that any attempt to disrupt voting or obstruct electors would invite "immediate unprecedented consequences", emphasising that "none will be spared".EC sources said a stern message ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    EC FIR for Diamond Harbour ‘coercion’

    Kolkata: The Election Commission on Sunday ordered a probe after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing bike-borne men intimidating locals in the Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency ahead of the second phase polling in Bengal, a senior official ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    3 dead in Red Rd, Jorasanko bike accidents

    Kolkata: Three women died and four others were injured in two bike accidents reported from the Maidan and Jorasanko PS areas. In the first case, a bike and a scooter collided on Red Road around 3.10 am on Sunday. ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Film writer traced to Delhi after 24 days

    Kolkata: Film writer Utsav Mukherjee has been found after being missing for 24 days and is currently staying at a friend's house in Delhi, according to people close to the family. The police, too, confirmed the same. "Script writer ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    2 snatch gold chain in S Kol

    Kolkata: One man has been arrested for allegedly snatching a 5.5g gold chain from a 65-year-old woman, Niva Middya, in Survey Park on Friday. The partner of the accused Manirul Shah, is on the run. The stolen chain could ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Rape, assault plaint against BF

    Kolkata: A 23-year-old woman from Alipore has accused her boyfriend of rape, cheating, physical assault and intimidation, according to a complaint filed on Friday.The woman alleged that she was in a relationship with the accused since 2024 and on ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Pocso, murder cuffs on mom’s live-in partner

    Kolkata: A man, accused of sexually assaulting and murdering his live-in partner's 3-year-old daughter near Maidan on March 21, has been arrested from Babughat on Friday morning. He had initially fled to Ayodhya to evade arrest.Police said the child's ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Woman’s body found with head injury, hubby missing

    Kolkata: A 40-year-old woman and the wife of a college professor, Enakshi Das, was found dead at her Garia home on Sunday morning with a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth and a blunt-force injury to the back ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    Will we be among the lucky few, ask 12.9 lakh deleted by SIR in 142 seats

    Kolkata: Nearly 12.9 lakh voters across 142 assembly segments, which go to the polls on April 29, will get to know on Monday whether they get back their voting rights. According to the SC guideline, names cleared by the ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    With Didi, Modi leading charge, candidates take heat in stride for final weekend voter outreach

    Kolkata: Politicians across party lines made a beeline to make the most of the last Sunday of campaigning before the second phase of polling. While several started early to finish by 11 am, some braved the heat even after ...

    27 April 2026 Times of India
    ED raids in Kolkata in connection with fugitive criminal Sona Pappu

    KOLKATA: ED on Sunday carried out searches at several locations in Kolkata as part of an investigation into alleged land grabbing and financial fraud cases connected to fugitive criminal ‘Sona Pappu’, a senior official said.The raids were conducted at ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    BJP–TMC workers clash in Howrah; police resort lathi charge to disperse crowd

    KOLKATA: A clash broke out between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in West Bengal’s Howrah on Sunday, prompting police to resort to a lathi charge to disperse the crowd.The incident came a day after heightened ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Parties try to bridge SIR gap in Boom Town New Town

    Kolkata: At the gleaming gateway to the city in Rajarhat and New Town, the display face of Bengal, a quieter battle is being played out over people, who have been robbed of their voting rights. The SIR exercise has ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Cong worker killed in first case of post-poll violence

    Asansol: A 43-year-old man was allegedly attacked and beaten to death by miscreants on Friday night near his home at Kanyapur, Asansol, in West Burdwan, after which police detained two persons. Congress netas said the victim was a party ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Lux set for 3-way split as Todi family rejigs ₹3,000cr biz

    Kolkata: Lux Industries, one of India's leading innerwear and apparel manufacturers, is set to be trifurcated among three branches of the founding Todi family in an amicable settlement that will also resolve cross-holdings between the groups. The Rs 3,000 ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC pick threatens case against Malviya over edited video

    Murshidabad: Alleging that BJP shared an edited excerpt of a midnight outburst at the Jangipur strong room — regarding CCTV visibility and an alleged blackout of LCD screens — Trinamool's Sagardighi candidate Bayron Biswas has threatened a case against ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Give TMC 2/3rds majority to foil BJP topple bid: Didi

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee discontinued her public meeting at Bhowanipore's Chakraberia Road on Saturday evening alleging that microphones set up for a BJP rally 400 metres away were placed directly towards the Trinamool meeting to drown out her voice.Promising ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Orphaned twice: SIR strips Kolkata’s Kerala-born man of vote, identity

    KOLKATA: For 50-year-old Benji, the anguish of disenfranchisement has brought with it the heartbreak of being orphaned again.An orphan from Kerala, his home for the past 27 years has been his employer’s family in Beleghata. But the Election Commission’s ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Flight, train fares to Kolkata soar as voters rush home to cast ballots

    KOLKATA: A last-minute scramble to "secure" their votes has sent air and train fares to Kolkata from other metros soaring as SIR-spooked voters rush home ahead of Wednesday's second phase.Between Sunday and Tuesday, one-way flight tickets from Delhi to ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    TMC-BJP clash as Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari rallies run parallel in Bhabanipur

    KOLKATA: Clashes broke out between supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata’s Bhabanipur area on Saturday.Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel to intervene and separate the two groups. The incident occurred ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Vijay, Kejriwal, Soren, Tejashwi rally behind Mamata

    Kolkata: Tamil superstar and TVK chief Vijay, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav converged in support of CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, applauding her fight against BJP and the Election Commission ahead ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Vijay, Kejriwal, Soren, Tejashwi rally behind Mamata

    Kolkata: Tamil superstar and TVK chief Vijay, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav converged in support of CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, applauding her fight against BJP and the Election Commission ahead ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Battle over Kasba: Trinamool takes SIR in stride in seat that speaks in many tongues

    Kolkata: Bordered by Chinese settlements, with poll graffiti in mandarin, on one side and the cosmopolitan Rashbehari Connector, dotted with swanky mall, showrooms and hangout zones, on the other side, the Kasba assembly constituency covers six Kolkata Municpal Corporation ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Poll vigil: Drones over booths, more body cams for CAPF

    Kolkata: The EC will use drones for surveillance around booths on poll day in Kolkata and its suburbs. Officials on Saturday held a series of meetings to install additional CCTV cameras on all roads leading to the booths to ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    EC effects 4 cop transfers across 3 police stns in Kol

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Saturday issued a fresh transfer and posting order involving four inspectors across three police stations in the city.In an official communication, KP commissioner informed the Bengal CEO that inspector Gautam Das of the Special ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Ration scam: ED raids Kol, Habra homes of traders

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted a number of searches across West Bengal in connection to the ration distribution scam. The agency is targeting the money laundering sources in connection to the suspected ration distribution fraud. The central ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Blast in Noapara

    Kolkata: A bomb-like explosion was reported near Noapara police station on Saturday. The incident reportedly took place when an explosive device was being defused by a bomb squad, leading to an unexpected blast. "A probe is underway to ascertain ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Stay indoors on April 29: Shah warns ‘goons’

    Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday responded to CM Mamata Banerjee's threat to drag him to court for his "ulta latka denge (will hang upside down)" comments at public rallies, saying that a BJP victory in Bengal ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Hindus must sacrifice a little: Himanta on voter list deletions

    Kolkata: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that while some Hindu names have been deleted from the electoral rolls, they have to "do a little sacrifice to make the nation better".Addressing a press conference, Sarma said, ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Hindus must sacrifice a little: Himanta on voter list deletions

    Kolkata: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that while some Hindu names have been deleted from the electoral rolls, they have to "do a little sacrifice to make the nation better".Addressing a press conference, Sarma said, ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    R G Kar campus issue moves 16 km north to reach Panihati

    Kolkata: Panihati, a Trinamool Congress stronghold for two decades, which will go to the polls on April 29, has emerged as a centre of contest after BJP decided to field the mother of the RG Kar victim as its ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Kol may vote under cloud cover: Met

    Kolkata: The city could be voting under a cloud cover next Wednesday and the polling could be followed by a thunderstorm, the Met office said. After a week-long scorching spell during which the maximum temperature repeatedly crossed 36°C, Kolkata ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    BLOs continue to distribute voter slips past deadline

    Kolkata: Even after the April 24 deadline ended, many booth-level officers (BLOs) across the city are continuing with distribution of voter slips among electors in their respective parts. While some of them completed the task by Saturday evening, others ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Train ops resume after slum fire

    Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Sholo Bigha slum near Eastern Railway's Santoshpur station on Saturday at 1.48 pm. Around 50-60 shanties near the railway station were gutted in the blaze. No one was injured. . Traffic came ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    Prod house seeks legal basis for artists’ forum demand

    Kolkata: Just a week after shooting of ‘Kone Dekha Alo' (KDA) — produced by Organinc Studios, of which Leena Gangopadhyay was part of the board of directors — resumed, a letter has been sent to all office-bearers of the ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
    1 dead, 1 injured after electrocution

    Kolkata: One person died and another sustained serious injuries after they were electrocuted at a residence on Bhukailash Road under Ekbalpur Police Station on Saturday morning.Police identified the deceased as Shibsharan Prasad Sau (51), while the injured, Debsharan Sau ...

    26 April 2026 Times of India
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